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paying

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noun

as in payment
the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services the actual shopping was quick, but with the long lines, paying for the stuff seemed to take forever

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paying

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verb

present participle of pay
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as in compensating
to give (someone) the sum of money owed for goods or services received we need to pay the cashier and then we can leave

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as in giving
to produce as revenue an investment paying six percent

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Recent Examples of paying
Verb
Additionally, Vanguard suggests that employees in volatile and well-paying sectors should consider putting aside 6–12 months of funds, just in case of a layoff, major loss in the stock market or other Black Swan event. Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025 Real Madrid has avoided paying such substantial fees in recent years, instead acquiring key players like Kylian Mbappé on free transfers. Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025 Tariffs In the week ahead, investors will be buckled up and paying close attention to every twist and turn in the tariff story. Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 13 Apr. 2025 My fund was paying top-tier talent to move numbers from one spreadsheet to another. Don Muir, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 If your credits were earned decades ago at low-paying jobs, then your spousal benefit might well be larger than your own retirement benefit. Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025 This includes guest access, which is half the cost of paying for the All Access plan. Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025 Now, those accessing the lounge using The Platinum Card from American Express can only visit ten times a year without paying an additional fee. Ramsey Qubein, Forbes.com, 13 Apr. 2025 Furthermore, lawmakers may pursue site-neutrality payments, which implies paying the same amount for the same outpatient services regardless of whether the service is performed in a hospital, ambulatory surgical center, or physician’s office. Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paying
Adjective
  • Launching and scaling a profitable business is hard work requiring tough decisions that can profoundly impact people’s professional path.
    Ahzam Afzal, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • While bitcoin and other crypto have proved profitable for some, there have been numerous instances of memecoins — a functionally worthless asset that trades on hype and often results in investors losing cash.
    John Towfighi, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
Noun
  • More detail is also expected on payments made during production and whether any money fell into the hands of Hamas.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 July 2025
  • More: Car buyers set a record with more than $1,000-a-month car payments in Q2 Jamie L. LaReau is the senior autos writer who covers Ford Motor Co. for the Detroit Free Press.
    Jamie L. LaReau, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • The Phillies will likely hold onto Bohm and as a result, will likely avoid spending $200 million on Bregman.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the explicitly and deliberately religious charter school is a state actor, and therefore cannot skirt the state’s constitutional rules against spending public education money for religious purposes.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Red Bull has always hailed its staffing strength in depth, but these slip-ups were costly and came a week on from a slow pit stop giving Norris the chance to attack at the Suzuka pit exit.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • And makes a funny joke about giving Glenn Close an Oscar.
    Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Part of this would be through a shift in cost share, employing state budgets to aid in covering SNAP—a program for which benefit costs have historically been covered by the federal government.
    Rebecca Schneid, Time, 29 Mar. 2025
  • The bank initially leased nearly 77,000 square feet of the tower on the second, third and fourth floors, and a portion of fifth floor, employing about 200 people there.
    Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Following news of the lucrative deal, a source told PEOPLE that Bieber didn't even have to look for a buyer to take her company to the next step.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 3 July 2025
  • As if needing to counterbalance that concession, Republican leaders added lucrative tax credits for metallurgical coal, an incredibly dirty fossil fuel that’s mostly shipped to China and other countries to make steel.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
Verb
  • Those who had been repaying loans for 20 years or more would have gotten their loans erased.
    Collin Binkley and Chris Megerian, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Murphy responded to jeers, following two poor misses, by scoring twice and repaying Howe’s faith.
    Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Lawmakers at the Capitol have said they are focused on how to lower utility costs for customers, while balancing the state’s climate goals, and have questioned why the Public Utilities Commission approved a series of rate increases for PG&E last year.
    Stephen Hobbs, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
  • However, the reference to his businesses — which include Tesla, an electric vehicle manufacturer trying to expand sales and production in China — is an unusual acknowledgment of concerns about Musk balancing his corporate and government responsibilities.
    Tara Copp, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2025

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“Paying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paying. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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